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opinions on "states flown"
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Rosie
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.....and getting out of the airplane
Touch and go's would be 'cheating' in my book "49 States" Rosie
When I was a kid traveling with my family, a state only counted if you got out of the car and put yout feet on the ground.....
Mile High Relic
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Hmmm, I guess I've never been to West Virginia then. It is only 13 miles wide on I-70.
As to the original question, yeah you have to get out for it to count.
larrynew
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for our family, too. Usually followed with a call "one more state for me!"
kentb
Well Known Member
Dang...
I guess that means that I need to do my 'lower 48 states' trip again. About 1/3 of them were touch-n-goes.
Kent
.....and getting out of the airplane
I guess that means that I need to do my 'lower 48 states' trip again. About 1/3 of them were touch-n-goes.
Kent
L.Adamson
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I have a large USA map on the wall. It has yellow pins for where the RV has landed, and grey pins for points of interest, in which I didn't land. The real purpose for the grey pins, is usually long distances from my home airport, to show that the plane actually flew way out there.
L.Admason
L.Admason
az_gila
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This very high res. (4800 pixels across) JPEG map might do if you use MS Paint or PhotoShop to add "pins".
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/united_states_wall_2002_us.jpg
I use it and just add straight line tracks of all of my trips.
339A
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States Flown
I have flown over lots of states many times.... I have co-workers who could say the same thing, yet they've never flown in a small airplane they built in their garage. To make it an "Official" count you must land and get out. These are the unwritten rules. I have 48 states in 339A. I have two airports landings in Hawaii, in an RV9A, (not mine) however some people will say that doesn't qualify as it was not my airplane. I'm still calling it GOOD and consider myself at "49". Just need Alaska.
As for a map, I just use Google Maps. You can set up your own map with pins and make it public. See this LINK for my map. Just added another one on Sunday. KPWA, Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma. We have landed 339A at 210 different airports over 6 years now. Once you get over 200 pins in the map, it starts a new page for you.
Regards,
I have flown over lots of states many times.... I have co-workers who could say the same thing, yet they've never flown in a small airplane they built in their garage. To make it an "Official" count you must land and get out. These are the unwritten rules. I have 48 states in 339A. I have two airports landings in Hawaii, in an RV9A, (not mine) however some people will say that doesn't qualify as it was not my airplane. I'm still calling it GOOD and consider myself at "49". Just need Alaska.
As for a map, I just use Google Maps. You can set up your own map with pins and make it public. See this LINK for my map. Just added another one on Sunday. KPWA, Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma. We have landed 339A at 210 different airports over 6 years now. Once you get over 200 pins in the map, it starts a new page for you.
Regards,
.....and getting out of the airplane
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rules
My understanding of the rules is that you need to put money in a vending machine at the airport for it to count. Since there is only a 50-50 chance of the vending machine working, getting a soda or candy bar is not required under the rules.
My understanding of the rules is that you need to put money in a vending machine at the airport for it to count. Since there is only a 50-50 chance of the vending machine working, getting a soda or candy bar is not required under the rules.
pilotian
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I believe also that when stepping out of the airplane you must rub your belly and pat your head while reciting the pledge of allegiance for it to count as a state on your map.....
Could be all hear say though
Geico266
Well Known Member
Touch and go. The world record for the lower, Diabetes 48 set the conditions for me. I believe their rules are touch and go.
http://www.diabetesflight48.com/htmlpages/route.html
Maybe we should challenge a VAFer to break the world record?
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Geico266
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States Visited Map
This site lets you check the states you've visited then creates a map for you:
http://www.epgsoft.com/VisitedStatesMap/
I flew a glider for an hour in Hollister, CA during a business trip a few years back - including during takeoff behind the tow plane and landing. Technically I didn't fly to there, but I'm counting it.
I just added Indiana, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida on my Sun n Fun trip!
This site lets you check the states you've visited then creates a map for you:
http://www.epgsoft.com/VisitedStatesMap/
I flew a glider for an hour in Hollister, CA during a business trip a few years back - including during takeoff behind the tow plane and landing. Technically I didn't fly to there, but I'm counting it.
I just added Indiana, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida on my Sun n Fun trip!
If you think the States are a dilemma, this'll fry your noodle....I have never set foot on the SURFACE of France, have probably transited the airspace - but I did cross the boarder UNDERGROUND while visiting the supercollider in CERN.....went down an elevator in Switzerland, walked down the tunnel into France, then back up the elevator. I think I probably missed out on much of France - what you do think?
az_gila
Well Known Member
If you think the States are a dilemma, this'll fry your noodle....I have never set foot on the SURFACE of France, have probably transited the airspace - but I did cross the boarder UNDERGROUND while visiting the supercollider in CERN.....went down an elevator in Switzerland, walked down the tunnel into France, then back up the elevator. I think I probably missed out on much of France - what you do think?
How about landing in Basel airport (on French soil) in a commercial flight, but taxying to the Swiss area for customs and entry.
Does it count as a French visit?
L.Adamson
Well Known Member
States FLOWN
A thought...
The question was about "states flown". Maybe flying doesn't mean you have to land there.
However, if my list is "states landed in" then I need to land there.
If my list is "states I've set foot in" then I need to get out and put my foot on the ground.
I have a cousin whose list is "states I've spent at least one night in", and he's managed to spend at least one night in all fifty states.
Define your list and meet the definition.
A thought...
The question was about "states flown". Maybe flying doesn't mean you have to land there.
However, if my list is "states landed in" then I need to land there.
If my list is "states I've set foot in" then I need to get out and put my foot on the ground.
I have a cousin whose list is "states I've spent at least one night in", and he's managed to spend at least one night in all fifty states.
Define your list and meet the definition.
States Visited
Our family has a different take on the states visited rules. You must drink a beer in the state for it to count. We even have "log" books for the contest. I am the only pilot in the group so, although I have a somewhat of a logistical advantage, upon qualification I then fall into the "must spend the night in the state group".
Our family has a different take on the states visited rules. You must drink a beer in the state for it to count. We even have "log" books for the contest. I am the only pilot in the group so, although I have a somewhat of a logistical advantage, upon qualification I then fall into the "must spend the night in the state group".
Drinking the beer also allows you to satisfy my requirement of "leaving something behind".
longranger
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I'm pretty much with Rosie in that you have to stop and get out, but I do like this addition, assuming that money for gas or lunch counts as "something left behind". By that rule I can still count West Virginia (lunch and gas) and Ohio (just gas), along with the other 34 states, 1 province, and 1 territory.
Oh, and one other thing: I plan to keep a separate count for the RV-7.
From Rosie: My original post first read, "You have to take something (fuel) or leave something (use the restroom)!" but I thought it too much information
By the way, Miles and I go back to when I first joined EAA Chatper 49 in 1994 then he went on to marry a teacher-friend of mine, very cool!
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